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A group of passengers from a JetBlue flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in March after the pilot suffered a midair meltdown filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against both the airline and the pilot, according to court papers. The suit, filed by 10 passengers of JetBlue flight 191, accuses the airline of failing to properly supervise the pilot, Clayton Osbon. JetBlue "was grossly negligent in retaining defendant Osbon, whom JetBlue knew or should have known was unfit to be entrusted with the aircraft as pilot," the court papers said.

June 11 (Reuters) - Discount carrier JetBlue Airways said on Monday it plans to partner with Air China Ltd on flights, its first such agreement with a China-based airline. The carriers said in a statement that they will initially offer connections between their networks at New York's John F. Kennedy airport and Los Angeles International, allowing Air China's U.S.-bound travelers to get to other cities served by JetBlue. Air China plans to enter into a codeshare with JetBlue this fall, pending government approval.

Scoring a frequent flyer award seat is getting easier, says a new report from Ideaworks ( http://www.ideaworks.com ). Its most recent annual "Switchfly Reward Seat Availability Survey" found that the overall average first-try availability rose five percentage points over last year to well over 50 percent. The survey's methodology was rock solid, so I don't doubt the accuracy of the findings. But they certainly don't jibe with my own experience - and maybe I can explore some reasons why. The survey measured the frequency with which test bookings were successful for two coach/economy seats on at least one flight for the specified dates at the lowest "saver" mileage award requirement level for some of each airline's most popular routes.

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A grand jury indicted a JetBlue pilot and charged him with interference with a flight crew following a mid-air meltdown that included screaming and pounding on the cockpit door, forcing a transcontinental flight to make an emergency landing in Texas last month, court documents show. Pilot Clayton Osbon "moved through the aircraft and was disruptive and had to be subdued and forcibly restrained from re-entering the cockpit" during the flight from New York to Las Vegas, the federal indictment said.

A grand jury indicted a JetBlue pilot and charged him with interference with a flight crew following a mid-air meltdown that included screaming and pounding on the cockpit door, forcing a transcontinental flight to make an emergency landing in Texas last month, court documents show. Pilot Clayton Osbon “moved through the aircraft and was disruptive and had to be subdued and forcibly restrained from re-entering the cockpit” during the flight from New York to Las Vegas, the federal indictment said.